E. Ratoni-Nagy Mushroom Still Life Oil

An oil on stretched canvas painting depicting a botanical still life of two mushrooms in a forest floor setting. The artwork features a large mushroom with a textured reddish-brown and ochre cap, positioned above a smaller companion mushroom and surrounded by broad green foliage and blades of grass. The painting is housed in a decorative double frame with a gilded outer molding and a silver-leafed inner liner featuring an intentional crackle-glaze finish. A brass nameplate is mounted to the lower frame margin reading BY ESTHER RATONI-NAGY ART SCHOOL STUDIO & GALLERY. The verso is covered with a brown paper dust cover that features a stamped square logo containing the stylized letters RN and the word ART above the text Ratoni Nagy Art Gallerie 1330 W. 106th ST. CLEVELAND, OHIO PHONE: 216/651-4929. Esther Ratoni-Nagy was an artist and educator active in the Cleveland, Ohio region. Derived from the tape measure in the photographs, the overall frame size is 13.75 inches high by 11.75 inches wide, and the visible sight size is 9.5 inches high by 7.5 inches wide.

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